Contract Crowdsourcing 2015-16: Day 7 of 15

Free agency begins five days after the end of the World Series. As in other recent offseasons, FanGraphs is once again facilitating this offseason a contract-crowdsourcing project, the idea being to harness the wisdom of the crowds to the end of better understanding the giant and large 2015-16 free-agent market.

Below are links to ballots for five of this year’s free agents, all of them (once again) corner outfielders.

Other Players: Nori Aoki / Alex Avila / Marlon Byrd / Asdrubal Cabrera / Yoenis Cespedes / Chris Davis / Rajai Davis / Alejandro De Aza / Ian Desmond / Stephen Drew / Dexter Fowler / David Freese / Alex Gordon / Chris Iannetta / Austin Jackson / Kelly Johnson / Howie Kendrick / Justin Morneau / Daniel Murphy / Mike Napoli / Dioner Navarro / Alexei Ramirez / Colby Rasmus / Jimmy Rollins / Geovany Soto / Denard Span / Juan Uribe / Chase Utley / Matt Wieters / Ben Zobrist.

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Jason Heyward (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Heyward:

• Has averaged 566 PA and 4.9 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 5.2 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 6.0 WAR in 610 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 4.3 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-26 season.
• Made $8.3M in 2015, as part of deal signed in February 2014.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Heyward.

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Torii Hunter (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Hunter:

• Has averaged 602 PA and 1.1 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.5 WAR in 567 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.9 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-40 season.
• Made $10.5M in 2015, as part of deal signed in December 2014.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Hunter.

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Matt Joyce (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Joyce:

• Has averaged 419 PA and 0.8 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.1 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a -1.4 WAR in 284 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.0 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-31 season.
• Made $4.8M in 2015, as part of deal signed in February 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Joyce.

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David Murphy (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Murphy:

• Has averaged 443 PA and 0.0 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 0.0 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.3 WAR in 391 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 0.3 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-34 season.
• Made $6.0M in 2015, as part of deal signed in November 2013.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Murphy.

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Gerardo Parra (Profile)
Some relevant information regarding Parra:

• Has averaged 609 PA and 1.7 WAR over last three seasons.
• Has averaged 1.6 WAR per 600 PA* over last three seasons.
• Recorded a 0.4 WAR in 589 PA in 2015.
• Is projected to record 1.5 WAR per 600 PA**.
• Is entering his age-29 season.
• Made $6.2M in 2015, as part of deal signed in January 2015.

*That is, a roughly average number of plate appearances for a starting player.
**Prorated version of final updated 2015 Steamer projections available here.

Click here to estimate years and dollars for Parra.